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Mark Ferguson vs Alberto Costa

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Mark Ferguson and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 310 different votes 316 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
43 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
33 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
33 Aye 43 No
18 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

89.3%
17% above average
Rank 24 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
527
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
279
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
248
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

5
-76.8 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 649
Appearances
22
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
13
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 619 of 649
Contributions
23
-119.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£191,951
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£191,951
15% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API